Suitability of Legume Cover Crops for Grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) Development and Reproduction

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1186-1195

  Milbrath, Lindsey R ^a,b   Weiss, Michael J ^a,c   Anderson, Patricia L ^a   Dipirro, Megan ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cover crop; Host suitability; Legumes; Melanoplus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037721922     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.5.1186     Document Type: Article

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